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PINETUM BRITANNICUM

THIS MAJESTIC SERIES OF PRINTS COMES FROM A THREE
PART EDITION TITLED 'PINETUM BRITANNICUM' BY W. RICHARDSON,
PRINTED IN 1884, LONDON. THIS SERIES ILLUSTRATES A COLLECTION OF PINES,
MANY OF WHICH WERE TRANSPLANTED TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT BY
HRH QUEEN VICTORIA ONTO HER OSBOURNE ESTATE. SO IMPORTANT WAS
THIS VICTORIAN MASTERPIECE OF HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPHY THAT
THE GOOD QUEEN HERSELF BECAME ITS' FIRST SUBSCRIBER.
THIS VERY EDITION IS FROM THE ESTATE LIBRARY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE COMPLETE
COLLECTION OF THIS WORK. THIS IS THE REMAINDER OF THE 48 PLATE SET.
IN THAT IT TOOK ALMOST 40 YEARS TO COMPLETE, THIS PINETUM IS CONSIDERED
TO BE THE THE MOST IMPORTANT STUDY OF THE ENGLISH
NATURALISED CONIFERS EVER PRODUCED.


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C$1200 		Untitled-12
C$950 		Untitled-14
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C$1000
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C$1400
SOLD 		Untitled-17
C$1000 		Untitled-16
C$1000 		Untitled-19
C$1200
SOLD
pine
C$ 1000 		  Untitled-18
Sotheby's Auction
Description		 Carnegie
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